giving pills to dogsgiving pills to dogsMy elderly dog Toffee has been prescribed a course of Zentonil, liver tabs. I was horrified at the cost at the vets (£122 for a months!), more horrified when I found out they dont actually contain any dr-ugs so didnt need a prescription, and livid when I found I could buy them for £45 online, (but the vet wont take them back once they're left the building). Stupid of me for not checking all this before I picked them up :( Anyway, my next frustration is actually trying to give them to Toffee - one hour before food, on an empty stomach! They are bloomin great things, even cut in half! She is the fussiest dog known to man, with a pointy little greyhound type face. Pills just dont slip down amongst jowles & slobber like with other dogs. I'm going to start them in a week, meanwhile I'm looking for a selection of ideas to disguise them (she'll soon catch on) Anyone?
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--Immanuel Kant Re: giving pills to dogsI grate some cheese and wrap the tablet into a ball o cheese. Usually works.
Or you can grind them up and do the same. http://www.busheyk9.co.uk
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Re: giving pills to dogsCheese, as Wendy says, or butter (salt free?), ham, cocktail sausage. Cream cheese used to work with my ferrets, or greek yoghurt (super thick).
Have you considered grinding the tablet? not all can be ground up though. Stick it between 2 spoons and get grinding. Can then be mixed in with whatever medium you are using as bribery, but obviously once ground it is easier to mix in with something like cream cheese or yoghurt, rather than something more solid, such as meat. Re: giving pills to dogsFound this online.
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Re: giving pills to dogsSo there you go, no grinding.
Well done Mo :) Re: giving pills to dogsTo be honest they all say they shouldn't be ground up.
But if the question is no pills or ground ones. Then I go for the ground. Owt is better than nowt. http://www.busheyk9.co.uk
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Re: giving pills to dogsHave to laugh , I got these pils from vets . Not a problem dog taking them it is trying to get them out of the bottle . Had to break it up and lost a bit somewhere . Must have forced them into the bottle .
have another go tomorrow. 9 more in it . Bob Re: giving pills to dogsthankyou all, thanks Mo for that info. If it's ok to put them in a bit of food I'll try a slice of low fat sausage, the "empty stomach" bit was going to be a problem.
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--Immanuel Kant Re: giving pills to dogsHope you can get the pills down easily, Kitla.
I have always used either cheese or ham when Bella was alive. Have pill in piece of ham or cheese and another piece of ham or cheese dangling in front of her nose for her to have straight after pill piece, always worked a treat. Re: giving pills to dogsI've been wrapping her current pills in thin ham, but they are tiddly, these are big & harder to disguise, her dainty, pointy face means she tends to chew rather than slurp it down. To make it harder Toffee had pancreatitis a year or so ago, so is on a permanent low fat diet, I have to be really careful.
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